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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5233
February Session, 2020
LCO No. 1566
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
AN ACT CONCERNING PA YMENTS TO PROVIDERS OF SOCIAL
SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 4-216 of the 2020 supplement to 1
the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2
thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 3
(c) The secretary shall establish [a pilot] an incentive program for 4
nonprofit providers of human services that shall (1) allow providers 5
who otherwise meet contractual requirements to retain [a percentage of] 6
any savings realized by the providers from the contracted cost for 7
services, and (2) provide that future contracted amounts from the state 8
for the same types of services are not reduced solely to reflect savings 9
achieved in previous contracts by such providers. [The pilot incentive 10
program shall include eight nonprofit providers of human services with 11
state contracts of the following amounts: (A) Two with contracts of at 12
least fifty million dollars, (B) two with contracts of at least twenty 13
million dollars but less than fifty million dollars, (C) two with contracts 14
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(D) two with contracts of less than five million dollars.] For purposes of 16
this subsection, "nonprofit providers of human services" includes, but is 17
not limited to, nonprofit providers of services to persons with 18
intellectual, physical or mental disabilities or autism spectrum disorder. 19
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2020) The Commissioner of Social 20
Services shall amend the Medicaid state plan to integrate services 21
provided by peer support specialists into the medical assistance 22
program and provide Medicaid reimbursement for such services. For 23
purposes of this section, "peer support services" means a recovery-24
focused behavioral health service that allows an individual the 25
opportunity to learn to manage his or her recovery with help from a peer 26
support specialist who may have experience recovering from mental 27
illness or substance use disorder. 28
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2020 4-216(c)
Sec. 2 July 1, 2020 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure adequate payment to providers of social services to ensure
access to quality care and integrate peer support services for behavioral
health into the Medicaid program.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]